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[16] Preliminary design for a tripod for the eating room, c1774, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 6/173
Purpose
[16] Preliminary design for a tripod for the eating room, c1774, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevation of a candelabrum, with a base formed with sabre legs and paw feet, capitals in the form of masks, and a frieze of guilloche. The base supports a tripod with tapered, fluted, term legs, which flank a turned support bearing an urn. The urn is ornamented with gadrooning, guilloche, and a central figurative panel. The top of the urn is flared and ornamented with acanthus leaf
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Stand for Candles in / Sir W W. W.s (crossed through, pencil) / Eating Room – (crossed through, pencil) / 4 feet high (pencil)
Signed and dated
- c1774
c1774
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (154 x 207)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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